Migrant consent for resettlement

Respect for asylum laws

(ANSA) - Brussels, August 29 - Migrants must consent when
resettlement involves a transfer from an EU member like Italy to
a third country like Albania, a European Commission spokesperson
said Wednesday in commenting on Rome's deal with Tirana to take
20 migrants from the Diciotti ship.
"When it is a question of bilateral accords between a member
State and a third country", the spokesperson said, "you have to
ask them (the migrants) for details...there are several elements
to take into consideration in assessing their legality".
"In particular there is the consent of the people" to making
asylum claims in countries other than those they arrived in, the
spokesperson said.